Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It really is pretty, with striking colours. Cheers jayanand On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Hi Jayanand, > > It is the bloom on a tree that grows to 80 feet tall, and is the Tennessee > State Tree. Most of the time they are too high to see. Here is a shot from > last year, different camera, different lens: > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1553+FM_filtered.jpg.html > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 5/3/2016 9:19 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> Jim, >> That is an unusual looking flower to my eyes! >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> As Tina pointed out last year, these are usually so high in the tree that >>> it is impossible to get a close-up. Today, I noted some petals on the >>> ground, and found one low enough that I could get a shot. Wind gusts >>> made >>> it a real challenge. >>> >>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+Bloom.TIFF.html >>> >>> Olympus E-1 with Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm, ISO 200, RAW >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >